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Tacoma, WA

228,187 Population
49.7 square miles 4,590 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37.8 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 38.7 ±0.2

Economics

$44,058 ±$1,990 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $65,496 ±$847
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $55,177 ±$479
$86,328 ±$4,762 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $112,388 ±$2,026
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $99,389 ±$1,322

13.7% ±2.3% (30,553  ±5,081) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 8.8% 359,681 (±0.5% / ±19,274)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 776,683 (±0.3% / ±22,218)

29.5 minutes ±1.5 (2,795,650  ±208,097) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 30 53,404,364 (±0.2 / ±740,838)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 27.2 89,307,904 (±0.2 / ±1,061,767)

Families

95,835 ±2,787 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,658,652 ±5,856
  • Washington: 3,168,080 ±9,393
2.3 ±0.1 (222,149  ±231) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.5 4,072,496 (±0 / ±1,424)
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,802,363

3.3% ±1.5% (1,966  ±894) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 4.1% 43,244 (±0.4% / ±3,652)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 4.7% 89,530 (±0.3% / ±5,962)

Housing

100,348 ±2,735 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,752,673 ±649
  • Washington: 3,400,980 ±404

$500,500 ±$21,156 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $743,000 ±$6,997
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $602,200 ±$3,897

17% ±2.6% (38,576  ±5,875.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 14.6% 599,093 (±0.5% / ±21,057.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 13.7% 1,081,341 (±0.4% / ±28,883.7)

Social

90.6% ±3.7% (146,062  ±6,732.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 93.2% 2,768,917 (±1% / ±28,168.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,196,048 (±0.7% / ±38,059.4)
37.1% ±2.3% (59,763  ±3,950.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 48.5% 1,440,584 (±0.6% / ±19,100.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 41% 2,309,863 (±0.5% / ±25,188.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

13.5% ±1.9% (30,794  ±4,282) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 22.1% 917,149
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 16.1% 1,280,809

7.9% ±1% (14,049  ±1,853) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 6% 195,040 (±0.2% / ±7,103)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 7.3% 455,376 (±0.2% / ±9,621)
14,049 Total veterans ±1,853 11,077 Male ±1,659 2,972 Female ±977

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